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I noted the tone of sarcasm in his voice

I shtly jealous "Don’t be ridiculous"

"Me?" he sounded shocked

"Yeah, you! Like you have any room to talk!"

He frowned at me

"Well anyway…" He leaned up on the stairall "I ondering if you and I can go do soether"

I sat back down on the steps As er had the will to do so I couldn’t deny this powerful attraction to hi," he breathed out desperately "I just need to get away" He lightly tapped his head back into the wall

"I don’t have any plans," I willingly adht is poker, but you already know that"

"Yeah, speaking of which, I’d like an opportunity to win some of my money back"

"Sure I’d be happy to take all of your chips this time!" I snickered

A few moments of silence passed I just stared at the scuff onto cal in hed His eyes glanced up the stairs

"What?" I looked over ," he said, shaking his head "I was just thinking about the last time I was in this stairwell I was in a lot worse shape than you were a few o"